Joseph Addison

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#blunder #committed #dear #debarred #his

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#complains #defects #gentle #imperfect #imperfection

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#communicate #concealed #critic #discover #dwell

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#decays #familiar #growing #immediately #object

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#confined #few #generation #lies #men

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#brow #built #cannot #demolished #force

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#become #devout #humble #people #plenty

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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